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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What church did Desmond's father pastor?
(a) First Baptist Church.
(b) Church of Christ.
(c) First United Methodist.
(d) First Christian Church.

2. How long did the 1965 Delano grape strike and boycott last?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 27 months.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 years.

3. How old was Julio Payes when he collapsed from exhaustion in the aisle of a grocery store?
(a) 24.
(b) 22.
(c) 25.
(d) 23.

4. What summer job did Desmond have when he was in college?
(a) Ranch hand.
(b) Wildland firefighter.
(c) Waiter.
(d) Janitor.

5. At the time Poverty, by America was written, how many cents on the dollar did Black workers make compared to the average white worker?
(a) 87.
(b) 74.
(c) 63.
(d) 59.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Milwaukee implement the New Hope program?

2. When Crystal was diagnosed with mental illness, how much SSI did she receive monthly?

3. By the time Black men who did not finish high school are in their mid-thirties, how many will have spent their lives in prison?

4. Of the approximately 750,000 workers around the world who made and sell Apple products when Desmond wrote the book, how many worked directly for Apple?

5. When Poverty, by America was written, how many American workers belonged to a union?

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